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Author	Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker.
Title	Fighting words / Kimberly Brubaker Bradley.
Publication Info.	New York, New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2020]
	©2020

Location	Call No.	Status
Little Whit Young Adult	YA-MS B	IN LIBRARY

Description	259 pages ; 22 cm
Note	Includes author's note with discussion questions.
Summary	"Ten-year-old Della can rely on her older sister, Suki, for anything, but when Suki attempts suicide, Della must seek help and speak out about the sexual abuse they've both suffered at the hands of their mother's boyfriend"-- Provided by publisher.
Awards	Newbery Honor, 2021
	School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, 2021
	Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year, 2021
Subject	Sisters -- Juvenile fiction.
	Middle school students -- Juvenile fiction.
	Suicidal behavior -- Juvenile fiction.
	Children of prisoners -- Juvenile fiction.
	Sex crimes -- Juvenile fiction.
	Foster children -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre or Form	Young adult fiction.
ISBN	9781984815682 (hardcover)
	1984815687 (hardcover)

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